waisted

English

Etymology

From waist +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wāstʹĭd, IPA(key): /ˈweɪstɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪstɪd
  • Homophone: wasted

Adjective

waisted (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) Having some specific type of waist.
  2. Narrower in the middle.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 3:
      In his black suit he stood in the dark glass where the lilies leaned so palely from their waisted cutglass vase.

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